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The Sound of 007

Follows the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, going behind the lens into one of the greatest movie franchise and the iconic 007 theme song.

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Mat Whitecross

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♪♪ Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise? - The Sound of 007

♪♪ Fool me once, fool me twice Are you death or paradise?...

♪♪ Now you'll never see me cry - The Sound of 007

♪♪ Now you'll never see me cry

BILLIE: Since before I even
was really aware of Bond, - The Sound of 007

BILLIE: Since before I even was really aware of Bond,

For years, we would pretend
to write Bond songs - The Sound of 007

For years, we would pretend to write Bond songs

For me, Bond music
is the most iconic thing on the planet. - The Sound of 007

For me, Bond music is the most iconic thing on the planet.

I think I saw a double bill of - The Sound of 007

I think I saw a double bill of

I wasn't old enough to separate
the experience of the music at that point. - The Sound of 007

I wasn't old enough to separate the experience of the m...

The first one that I can think
of was Diamonds Are Forever. - The Sound of 007

The first one that I can think of was Diamonds Are Forever.

God knows why anyone
thought it was a good idea - The Sound of 007

God knows why anyone thought it was a good idea

You've got these incredible images
and this incredible music. - The Sound of 007

You've got these incredible images and this incredible ...

I love the films, but more than
the individual plots of each movie, - The Sound of 007

I love the films, but more than the individual plots of each...

Working on a Bond movie, there are
three things you're playing with: - The Sound of 007

Working on a Bond movie, there are three things you're ...

I think song is the finest of
the art forms, for me. - The Sound of 007

I think song is the finest of the art forms, for me.

I'd have to say Skyfall.
That song had a huge impact on me. - The Sound of 007

I'd have to say Skyfall. That song had a huge impact on...

It's a very emotional song for me
that reminds me of my childhood. - The Sound of 007

It's a very emotional song for me that reminds me of my...

With the Bond songs, - The Sound of 007

With the Bond songs,

The Bond movies have their own sound
that still rings out 60 years later, - The Sound of 007

The Bond movies have their own sound that still rings out 60...

SAM: Everyone goes into every Bond movie - The Sound of 007

SAM: Everyone goes into every Bond movie

DAVID: When Bond does something
typically Bond-esque, - The Sound of 007

DAVID: When Bond does something typically Bond-esque,

BARBARA: James Bond, the character, doesn't spend a lot of time - The Sound of 007

BARBARA: James Bond, the character, doesn't spend a lot...

BARBARA: James Bond, the character,
doesn't spend a lot of time - The Sound of 007

BARBARA: James Bond, the character, doesn't spend a lot...

The adrenaline, the tension,
the joy, the anxiety... - The Sound of 007

The adrenaline, the tension, the joy, the anxiety...

You hear the Bond theme,
and it gives you that shot in the arm. - The Sound of 007

You hear the Bond theme, and it gives you that shot in the a...

JON: Over the 60 years and 25 films, - The Sound of 007

JON: Over the 60 years and 25 films,

JON: Over the 60 years
and 25 films, - The Sound of 007

JON: Over the 60 years and 25 films,

You know exactly
what that is - The Sound of 007

You know exactly what that is

And yet it has one of the most strange
and unlikely origin stories - The Sound of 007

And yet it has one of the most strange and unlikely origin s...

Anyway, now for our musical spot,
this week, we call on Monty Norman. - The Sound of 007

Anyway, now for our musical spot, this week, we call on Mont...

And I suddenly realized - The Sound of 007

And I suddenly realized

Cubby Broccoli rang me - The Sound of 007

Cubby Broccoli rang me

He said,
"We've just acquired - The Sound of 007

He said, "We've just acquired

"We're doing all the location
work in Jamaica. - The Sound of 007

"We're doing all the location work in Jamaica.

"Bring your wife.
All expenses paid." - The Sound of 007

"Bring your wife. All expenses paid."

It was an inspired choice
to take this songwriter to Jamaica, - The Sound of 007

It was an inspired choice to take this songwriter to Jamaica...

Ian Fleming invited us over
to his house, GoldenEye, - The Sound of 007

Ian Fleming invited us over to his house, GoldenEye,

I told him we were just about
to go into the location - The Sound of 007

I told him we were just about to go into the location

Monty wrote this wonderful song,
Underneath the Mango Tree, - The Sound of 007

Monty wrote this wonderful song, Underneath the Mango Tree,

♪♪ Make boolooloop - The Sound of 007

♪♪ Make boolooloop

Right. Up slowly
and face the wall. - The Sound of 007

Right. Up slowly and face the wall.

But where he was not entirely comfortable
was in writing dramatic music. - The Sound of 007

But where he was not entirely comfortable was in writing dra...

He struggled with the idea
of a theme for this new character. - The Sound of 007

He struggled with the idea of a theme for this new character...

I suddenly remembered something
that I'd written for a musical - The Sound of 007

I suddenly remembered something that I'd written for a ...

The songs had
this Indian sound, - The Sound of 007

The songs had this Indian sound,

It was a song called Bad Sign, Good Sign,
and it goes like this... - The Sound of 007

It was a song called Bad Sign, Good Sign, and it goes like t...

♪♪ I was born with this
Unlucky sneeze - The Sound of 007

♪♪ I was born with this Unlucky sneeze

This sounded to me,
strangely enough, when you think of it, - The Sound of 007

This sounded to me, strangely enough, when you think of it,

But the filmmakers themselves - The Sound of 007

But the filmmakers themselves

In modern music today, people are always
looking for what they call a new noise. - The Sound of 007

In modern music today, people are always looking for what th...

And we have someone who found
a very enchanting new sort of noise. - The Sound of 007

And we have someone who found a very enchanting new sort of ...

JON: In 1962, he'd already had
a number of hits on his own, - The Sound of 007

JON: In 1962, he'd already had a number of hits on his ...

JOHN: I received a phone call
on a Saturday morning - The Sound of 007

JOHN: I received a phone call on a Saturday morning

And he said that these two guys,
two weird guys... - The Sound of 007

And he said that these two guys, two weird guys...

I always remember him saying,
called Saltzman and Broccoli, - The Sound of 007

I always remember him saying, called Saltzman and Broccoli,

By tomorrow, they need
at least a main title. - The Sound of 007

By tomorrow, they need at least a main title.

I said, "Oh, my God." - The Sound of 007

I said, "Oh, my God."

Some recordings you just know there
was some kind of magic that day. - The Sound of 007

Some recordings you just know there was some kind of magic t...

So, John Barry took Monty Norman's theme,
and he created a radical arrangement - The Sound of 007

So, John Barry took Monty Norman's theme, and he create...

There was no way
anybody could tell - The Sound of 007

There was no way anybody could tell

BARBARA: Monty Norman's theme
in John's hands - The Sound of 007

BARBARA: Monty Norman's theme in John's hands

You don't quite know what
they are until you hear it, - The Sound of 007

You don't quite know what they are until you hear it,

There's sex, there's death, - The Sound of 007

There's sex, there's death,

And that's all got to be
in a 3.5-minute pop song - The Sound of 007

And that's all got to be in a 3.5-minute pop song

SHEENA: I think what made the whole
Bond franchise different to begin with - The Sound of 007

SHEENA: I think what made the whole Bond franchise different...

When a new Bond film was coming out,
you got excited wondering, - The Sound of 007

When a new Bond film was coming out, you got excited wonderi...

"I shouldn't be here, but I am,
and I'm gonna wallow in it." - The Sound of 007

"I shouldn't be here, but I am, and I'm gonna...

HANS: There's a seductive quality
in all the songs. - The Sound of 007

HANS: There's a seductive quality in all the songs.

They're like a perfume in the air,
and they promise you things. - The Sound of 007

They're like a perfume in the air, and they promise you...

They promise you inevitably
that your heart will be broken. - The Sound of 007

They promise you inevitably that your heart will be broken.

And you can't wait
for them to break your heart. - The Sound of 007

And you can't wait for them to break your heart.

The mystery, the intrigue,
the adventure, the sensuality... - The Sound of 007

The mystery, the intrigue, the adventure, the sensuality...

It's haunting because Bond is a
loner at the end of the day, - The Sound of 007

It's haunting because Bond is a loner at the end of the...

It gives you an absolute open
doorway to the story - The Sound of 007

It gives you an absolute open doorway to the story

The songs have an emotional
backbone for the film. - The Sound of 007

The songs have an emotional backbone for the film.

They'll be involved
and tethered into the score, - The Sound of 007

They'll be involved and tethered into the score,

It had to be an ode
to the music from Bond. - The Sound of 007

It had to be an ode to the music from Bond.

It couldn't be either/or, - The Sound of 007

It couldn't be either/or,

There's plenty of incidences
of how broad that church is. - The Sound of 007

There's plenty of incidences of how broad that church i...

If you look at Madonna's
Die Another Day, - The Sound of 007

If you look at Madonna's Die Another Day,

But for me, - The Sound of 007

Russia with Love
had an amazing song, - The Sound of 007

Russia with Love had an amazing song,

It was when he came to
Goldfinger, - The Sound of 007

It was when he came to Goldfinger,

JOHN: Goldfinger was
the name of the villain, - The Sound of 007

JOHN: Goldfinger was the name of the villain,

So, I sat down and wrote
this rather strange melody, - The Sound of 007

So, I sat down and wrote this rather strange melody,

John and I became
very, very close friends. - The Sound of 007

John and I became very, very close friends.

He's one of my closest and oldest friends,
and a marvelous guy. - The Sound of 007

He's one of my closest and oldest friends, and a marvel...

And there was some to-do - The Sound of 007

And there was some to-do

CAINE: I came to a situation - The Sound of 007

CAINE: I came to a situation

And I was woken up
about an hour later by the piano. - The Sound of 007

And I was woken up about an hour later by the piano.

My first night, I thought, - The Sound of 007

My first night, I thought,

"He's gonna be on the piano
every night." - The Sound of 007

"He's gonna be on the piano every night."

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Follows the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, going behind the lens into one of the greatest movie franchise and the iconic 007 theme song.

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Director: Mat Whitecross

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Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.4

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Released: 05 Oct 2022

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